Retailers unfazed as Target takes aim at shoppers
Erin Easterbrook, Centretown News
Alicja Postolek, owner of A2 prêt-à -porter, says she isn't worried about Target's arrival.Archive 1997-2016
Centretown retailers say they are not afraid of the red and white, but retail officials and U.S. merchants warn that Target – recognized worldwide by its two-tone bullseye logo – is not to be ignored.Erin Easterbrook, Centretown NewsAlicja Postolek, owner of A2 prêt-à -porter, says she isn't worried about Target's arrival.
Shoppers Drug Mart is edging Centretown’s independent pharmacies out of the marketplace and much of the blame should fall on the Ontario government.
After 92 years of dressing Canada’s prime ministers, Governors General and television news anchors, Centretown tailor G.L. Myles is closing its doors.Anita Li, Centretown News Kent Wilkinson is closing his clothing shop, which has been in business for 92 years in Ottawa.
In a world where talk of “financial literacy” fills the pages of weekly consumer affairs blogs, columns and broadcasts, it seems strange that the most active consumers of media would have the least knowledge of the subject.